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The Swift Current Broncos beat the Seattle Thunderbirds 2-1 Sunday at the Credit Union i-plex in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.
The T-Birds finished the six-game road trip to the East Division 2-4-0-0.
The T-Birds come home and return to action for a 7:35 p.m. game Friday against the Spokane Chiefs.
Seattle (9-10-2-1) took a 1-0 lead at 18:48 of the first period. Alexander True cycled the puck to Ryan Gropp in the left corner. Gropp centered the puck to Ethan Bear coming down the slot. Bear took a slap shot that beat Swift Current goalie Landon Bow on the glove side.
Swift Current outshot Seattle 9-4 in the first period.
Swift Current (12-8-0-4) tied the game 1-1 on a power-play goal by Colby Cave at 6:52 of the second period. Cave came out of the right and beat Seattle goalie Taran Kozun through the legs. Coda Gordin and Glenn Gawdin had the assists.
The Broncos made it a 2-1 lead at 8:06 of the second. Gawdin put back the rebound of a Brett Lernout shot to give the Broncos the lead.
The Broncos outshot the T-Birds 13-12 in the third period and led 22-16 in total shots after two periods.
Seattle outshot Swift Current 8-5 in the third period and the Broncos finished the game with a 27-24 advantage in shots.
Kozun had 25 saves on 27 shots and his record is now 8-7-2-1. Bow made 23 saves on 24 shots and his record is now 11-6-0-3.
SCORING SUMMARY
First period – 1, Seattle, Bear 3 (Gropp, True), 18:48. Penalties – Steenbergen, SC (interference), 2:23. Allan, Sea (tripping), 10:04.
Second period – 2, Swift Current, Cave 9 (Gordon, Gawdin), 6:52 (pp). 3, Swift Current, Gawdin 6 (Lernout), 8:06. Penalties – Osterman, Sea (unsportsmanlike conduct), 3:22. Nikkel, SC (unsportsmanlike conduct), 3:22. Osterman, Sea (major-fighting, game misconduct), 5:26. Nikkel, SC (major-fighting, game misconduct), 5:26. Hickman, Sea (high-sticking), 6:30. Lajoie, SC (holding), 10:35. Martin, SC (tripping), 11:35. Spencer, Sea (hooking), 13:44.
Third period – No scoring. Penalties – Allan, Sea (major-fighting), 5:11. Odgers, SC (major-fighting), 5:11. Mackay, SC (10-minute misconduct), 11:03. Spencer, Sea (10-minute misconduct), 11:03.
Shots on goal – Seattle 4-12-8 24, Swift Current 9-13-5 27. Goalies – Seattle, Kozun 27 shots-25 saves (8-7-2-1); Swift Current, Bow 24-23 (11-6-0-3). Power plays – Seattle 0-3; Swift Current 1-2. A – 2,095. Referees – Adam Byblow, Kevin Shmyr. Linesmen – Tanner McGregor, Jason Roy.
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